Submitted by:
Murdo Fraser,
Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party.
Date lodged:
Wednesday, 26 February 2025
Motion reference: S6M-16595.2
Current status:Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, 27 February 2025
As an amendment to motion S6M-16595 in the name of Kate Forbes (Increasing Investment in Scotland), leave out from "on the" to end and insert "economic growth; believes that public sector investment in infrastructure is essential in facilitating growth and therefore notes with alarm the delays to, and uncertainty around, the project to dual the A9 from Perth to Inverness and the Scottish Government’s temporising on dualling the A96; recognises that private investment is necessary to maintain a supply of core goods and services, and therefore condemns the severe damage done to the build-to-rent housing sector by rent cap schemes; acknowledges that success in attracting foreign direct investment is measured as much in project value as in project count; urges the Scottish Government to reverse its opposition to nuclear energy, which limits both investment in energy projects as well as the long-term supply of reliable energy near where it is in demand; emphasises that investment is intrinsically linked to the availability of skilled labour, and notes, therefore, with concern that the Scottish Government’s highest-in-the-UK income tax rates are limiting industry access to skilled workers, thereby undermining investment and economic growth."
Vote
Result44 for, 68 against, 0 abstained, 17 did not voteVote Defeated